A man died after a tree fell on a car in Hattiesburg Thursday afternoon, but authorities aren't sure if it's because of strong winds. Forrest County Coroner Butch Benedict said his name is being withheld pending notification of family members.

Twenty people were forced out of their homes because of high water from flash flooding in Lamar County, near west Hattiesburg.

According to the National Weather Service, nine homes near Westover Drive had water as high as 4 feet in them as heavy rain pounded the area about 11:30 p.m. Thursday.

There was also significant flooding reported in neighborhoods in Pike County. In McComb, where 4 inches of rain fell, driving was extremely difficult because it was so difficult to see.

The NWS said an elderly resident was rescued from flood waters in Fernwood, just outside McComb. There was also flooding reported at two businesses in Summit, including the Piggly Wiggly parking lot.

Crews will survey damage in southwestern Jones County on Friday. The NWS teams will be in the southwestern part of the county near Ellisville and Moselle, where there were reports of trees knocked down and damage to two homes.

Mississippi Emergency Management Agency spokesman Brett Carr said damage reports have come from Coahoma, DeSoto, Panola, Tunica and Washington counties. An 18-wheeler was flipped on a stretch of Interstate 69 west of Hernando. An empty child care center was struck by lightning in Batesville, sparking a fire.

Entergy Mississippi reported about 2,000 customers without power Thursday evening with the most outages in Sunflower, Tate and Washington counties.

There were reports of trees down in Crystal Springs, where more than 1,200 people were without power overnight.

THE STORM CAUSED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO LOSE POWER ACROSS THE STATE. MANY OF THOSE OUTAGES WERE IN CRYSTAL SPRINGS. THAT'S WHERE WE FIND OUR BRITTANY BELL - SHE CONTINUES OUR SEVERE WEATHER COVERAGE. I'M HERE IN CRYSTAL SPRINGS WHERE THE STRONG STORMS KNOCKED DOWN THIS TREE. LAST NIGHT THE STRONG WINDS LEFT MANY WITHOUGHT POWER. AT ONE POINT MORE THAN 2 TOUSAND PEOPLE WERE LEFT WITHOUT POWER. AND ONE THOUSAND OF THOSE WERE HERE IN CRYSTAL SPRINGS AND RIGHT NOW 100 ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER AND THERE ARE OVER 300 HUNDERD THERE WERE ALSO REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING LAST NIGHT AS HEAVY RAIN CAME THROUGH

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